QUESTION- Do you think unis will let a 16 year old live in the halls of residence??

Do you think they will let a sixteen year old live in halls of residence with students who are 18+?
This isn't for right now, its for my future.
I'm about to start A levels, and i'm nervous about when i apply for university, i know at sixteen i'll be allowed to live in my own flat but thats going to be expensive!

I don't want to have to email different universities yet as i think i'd be getting ahead of myself.

Is there any sixteen year olds who are in university now and living in halls?

16 year olds are able to go to university at that age but they must still have the relevant qualifications to do so. GCSEs will not suffice and you will need to have gained your 3 A2 grades or equivalent to be accepted. So although the answer is yes 16 year olds can, the likelihood of it happening is rare!

Halls are generally more expensive than student housing.

I've noticed that, but only in a few places. At most universities it's almost equal.
It's also for the safety aspect as well. A halls of residence will have quite a few people living there, which in my opinion is much better than living on my own in a small flat.

Regardless of accommodation issues you will find that most Unis wont even give you a place at 16 as you are legally still a child.

See : http://www.exeter.ac.uk/undergraduate/applications/policy/under18/

Take two years off, earn some money, see life a bit. You dont *have* to go to Uni straight after A levels - life isnt a race.

Regardless of accommodation issues you will find that most Unis wont even give you a place at 16 as you are legally still a child.

See : http://www.exeter.ac.uk/undergraduate/applications/policy/under18/

Take two years off, earn some money, see life a bit. You dont *have* to go to Uni straight after A levels - life isnt a race.

Although Unis don't really like to see a big gap between the application and end of a-levels because then people might have gone a bit rusty on the content. However as long as you do something productive and related to the subject in your gap year it is fine.

Although finishing A-levels 2 years early? OP, What subjects are you taking?

You already know that you can live in halls at 16 but do you really want to I mean yeah you want a degree i get that I really do but think just for a second you'll be at uni hearing about how great carnage was or how brilliant kaos is etc etc and not being able to experience it until 3rd year when you will be so busy that you probably won't really have much time, no best wait until your 18 so you can have as much fun as everyone else.

That wasn't quite what I was asking, but thanks. I will have all the relevant qualifications

Thank you! It's great to get an answer

Recently a 15 year old started at Cambridge for the first time since William Pitt the Younger, so you wouldn't even be the youngest person ever to go to uni. In Scotland you can start uni at 16 easily if you're at the younger end of the year and apply to uni in the year when you do your highers. If I hadn't stayed to do Advanced Highers I could have started at 16 but I knew I wasn't mature enough and I needed Advanced Highers to get into some English universities. I'm sure they'd let you stay in halls, they let me at 17, just made my parents sign something saying that the uni weren't my legal guardians. So yes, they should let you stay in halls, they're not allowed to discriminate on the basis of age

Edit: Re-reading that it looks like I'm trying to downplay the fact you're going to uni at 16, I am honestly in awe of you. Enjoy it What do you want to study?

Thank you everyone for your replies, you've been so so helpful!

& I didn't see it that way, don't worry haha. Thank you! I'm hoping to study Medicine

Thank you everyone for your replies, you've been so so helpful!

& I didn't see it that way, don't worry haha. Thank you! I'm hoping to study Medicine